Credit Control Clerk - Pipers Crisps
Brigg (North Lincolnshire) Accounting / Management control
Job description
Overview
Liaison across Pipers customer base (5,000+ ‘Direct’ customers and c.120 ‘National/Regional’ accounts) to collect payments, recover overdue balances, and cross-departmental interaction in support of timely execution of customer orders & deliveries.
To support the Credit Control Lead in the delivery of the Pipers Credit Control agenda, including overdues reporting & resolution, and issuing of monthly statements to Pipers customer base.
Deputise for the Credit Control Lead where required.
Responsibilities
· Process customer payments (credit card transactions & bank transfers), and resolve any payment queries.
· ‘Cold calling’ of overdue customers to secure payment of overdue balances.
· Provide customers with copy documentation where required.
· Support in the generation & issuing of monthly customer statements.
· Liaise across Sales, Telesales & Operations teams to ensure smooth execution of orders, deliveries & cash collection – navigating across both Stay In Front (SIF) and Navision (NAV) systems.
· Daily reconciliation of the bank and sales ledgers in support of the Credit Control Lead where required.
· Effective communication with Customers and across key internal stakeholders, ownership of query resolution.
KPI/Measures:
· Percentage of overdue debtors at the month end <5%
· Debtor days are below 45 days·
Qualifications
· Previous Credit Control experience is desirable
· Good IT skills
· Good interpersonal skills, with previous customer interaction experience desirable
· Attention to detail, accuracy, diligence and tenacity
· Comfortable dealing professionally with customer complaints, and working in a high call frequency environment